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Indiana Audubon Quarterly Vol. 95, No. 4. November 2017 INDIANA AUDUBON QUARTERLY VOL. 95, NO. 4. NOVEMBER 2017 Fall 2017, page- 1 INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY, Inc. Founded 1898 Incorporated 1939 OFFICERS President………………………………………………... Jeff Canada [email protected] Vice President………………………………………….. Ryan Slack [email protected] Past President………………………………….………..Amy Wilms [email protected] Secretary………………………………………...................Kim Ehn [email protected] Treasurer………………………………………………..Sally Routh [email protected] Editor Cardinal (Director)…………………………….John Lindsey [email protected] Webmaster……………………………………………...Amy Wilms [email protected] DIRECTORS Term Expires 2017 Term Expires 2018 Term Expires 2019 John Lindsey Amy Kearns Kristin Stratton Michael Hall Kim Ehn Mark Welter John Velasquez Shari McCollough FIELD NOTE/COUNT EDITORS/BIRD RECORDS CHAIR Editor Quarterly…………………………………..Brad Bumgardner [email protected] Field Note Editor (Spring)……………………………… Bob Carper [email protected] Field Note Editor (Summer)……………………………...Ken Brock [email protected] Field Note Editor (Fall)…………………………………….Kim Ehn [email protected] Field Note Editor (Winter)…………………………….................... Open May Bird Count and Final Edit Editor………….....Matt Kalwasinski [email protected] Summer Bird Count Editor…………………………….Amy Kearns [email protected] Winter Feeder Count Editor………………………….. John Castrale [email protected] Christmas Count Editors……………………………..… Jeff Canada [email protected] Indiana Bird Records Committee………………………....Kirk Roth [email protected] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Brad Bumgardner TRUSTEES OF THE MARY GRAY/DEVELOPMENT ENDOWMENT FUNDS Karen Henman Sally Routh Open MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Sally Routh (Chairperson) Amy Wilms PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY (LIVING) Susanna Arvin Sallie Potter Thomas Potter John F. Branham Karen Henman Alan W. Bruner Thomas Brinduse Edward Hopkins Marge Riemenschneider Kathleen Hoover Paul Steffen Gerald Dryer Dr. Russel Mumford Rebecca Lewis Carl Wilms Jane Miller Amy Wilms Brad Bumgardner Fall 2017, page- 2 INDIANA AUDUBON QUARTERLY (Formerly the Indiana Audubon Society Yearbook) Published in February, May, August and November by The Indiana Audubon Society, Inc. Editor’s Address: 85 Old Hickory Lane, Valparaiso, IN 46385 Email: [email protected] Visit our website at www.indianaaudubon.org ________________________________________________________________________ Vol. 95, No. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2017 ______________________________ _______________________ ______ A Tattler Wandering Indiana: A New State Species John Kendall………………………….……………………………………....................4 Summer 2017 Indiana Field Notes Ken Brock.……………………… ……………….…………………..…………………8 Indiana Bird Records Committee 2016 Annual Report Kirk Roth……………………………...………………………………….……….........12 Painted Bunting Record from Howard County: An Origin Mystery Solved Amy Kearns…..……………….. ……………………………………………………...14 The 2017 Indiana Audubon Society Big May Day Count Matt Kalwasinski………………………………………………………………………18 The Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis in Indiana Benjamin E. Leese………………………………………………………………..……29 Cover photo: First winter Franklin’s Gull at Michigan City Harbor, Laporte County, 16 October 2017. Photo by Matt Beatty. Back cover photo: Orange-crowned Warbler at Lye Creek Burn, Montgomery County, 16 October 2017. Photo by Shari McCollough. CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE INDIANA AUDUBON SOCIETY Life Membership $675.00 Individual $30.00 Cardinal Club $100.00 Library (subscription only) $30.00 Contributing $50.00 Student (full-time only) $20.00 Family $35.00 Single issues $6.00 Membership fees may be sent to: Sally Routh, 12284 Daugherty Dr., Zionsville IN 46077 Fall 2017, page- 3 A Tattler Wandering Indiana: A New State Species John Kendall, Warsaw, IN [email protected] Eric Michael, Mishawaka, IN [email protected] Brad Bumgardner, Valparaiso, IN [email protected] Introduction: Finding of a Wandering Tattler on July 20 at Michigan City Harbor was a birder’s dream. Three lucky birders were involved with the initial discovery, soon to be joined by others crowded around the normally lonely end of the Lighthouse Pier. Pending IBRC voting, Wandering Tattler will join a list of great vagrant shorebirds found the past few years in Indiana. The following represent the direct documentation accounts from the three original finders of the bird. Eric Michael: I arrived at 8:40 a.m. during a westerly rainstorm, hoping to see shorebirds that might be dropping out. After the rain passed, the sky remained overcast, with winds over 20 knots. Brad Bumgardner and John Kendall went to the end of the Lighthouse Pier with a short-staying Brendan Grube. I went out just a little before noon, meeting Brad and John- who headed back to the beach for lunch. He mentioned that some photogenic Ruddy Turnstones had landed Wandering Tattler at Michigan City Harbor, briefly at the Lighthouse. While scanning the outer break 20 July 2017. Photo by Brad Bumgardner. wall for shorebirds, a medium to large dark charcoal gray- colored bird with a long, straight bill was below the Turnstones. At first, I tried to make the hard to see shape into an immature Starling. Brad offered me a look through his scope of what could be a Spotted Sandpiper. This gray bird now showed darkly-barred flanks, unlike a Spottie. I began hurriedly taking photos (from the experience of having birds fly away), mentioning the barring on the flanks. He agreed and began searching through his field guide phone app. About this time, John returned from lunch. Upon receiving a brief description of the bird and asking if it had barred flanks, John immediately and correctly initially submitted the idea that it was a Wandering Tattler. This was a species which was unfamiliar to me. We soon eliminated all other possibilities. Since it was initially unknown whether it was a Wandering Tattler or a Gray-tailed Tattler, it was decided it was a Tattler sp. and news was posted as such on social media. Many observers arrived and the bird chose to remain out in the open on and off for more Fall 2017, page- 4 than an hour, eventually moving out of sight to the back side of the break wall. Brad Bumgardner: Eric Michael joined us around noon, and like John and I earlier, began to do scans of the outer break wall. Around 12:25pm, Eric asked about a small dark gray bird he had spotted sleeping in the rocks on the far eastern end. I made a quick look and noted the shorebird, with its bill tucked in. To me, at first, the supercilium suggested Spotted Sandpiper. Eric quickly noted the overall gray appearance, and what appeared to be barring across the bird’s belly, which deviated from expected Spotted Sandpiper plumages. I agreed and began studying the bird in more detail. As it awoke, we noted the thicker, longer Wandering Tattler at Michigan City Harbor, 20 July 2017. Photo by John Kendall. bill, overall gray body, and yellow legs. The barring was more noted as it moved positions. At this point, John Kendall returned from lunch, and as I was thumbing through possible western vagrants, John yelled out that our descriptions matched that of a Tattler, just as I was looking at the tattler page on my Sibley app. We had a Tattler! Within minutes, we were joined by many others. For the first hour, the bird was very visible, with short naps. After 2:30pm, the bird became increasingly more difficult to find, as it spent time in between rock cracks or on the back side of the outer break wall. I left at 3:50pm, having watched the bird since the initial sighting. John Kendall: Upon my return from a beach lunch at 12:15 pm, Brad inexplicably shared: “well, we have a bird”. The description that he and Eric gave was: “Larger than a Turnstone, streaking/barring all down the flanks and just gray…” Were the legs yellow? “Yes, maybe so”. It was also…hiding in the rocks. The descriptions holistically suggested a Wandering Tattler. I just couldn’t think of another medium-large shorebird with such “stumper” field marks in fall. Furthermore, it was now hidden, acting like a “rockpiper”-the drab shorebirds with a tendency to work the crevices and thus, disappear among the rocks. Fresh in mind was my last visual image of a “gray ghost” Wandering Tattler doing just that on a pelagic trip out of Half Moon Bay, California. The bird was lying down, facing us, only showing a cap and short, white supercilium. While watching it, the bird suddenly popped up its head and turned 90 degrees. Seeing the bird’s bill and face, I said (unable to stop from unconsciously channeling Flounder from the movie Animal House) “oh boy, is this (gonna be) great!” Red Knot, Stilt Sandpiper and others were thus eliminated. We studied the bill length, shape, short supercilium, dark loral line and grayish cap, further suggesting a Tattler. Soon, it stood up and walked. The barring, yellow legs, size and shape made it clear that we had a Tattler. Photos confirmed views showing that the barring continued throughout the under parts, eliminating the Pacific species, Gray-tailed Tattler. I thank Brad and Eric, who found the bird, stayed with it long enough for me and others to see it Fall 2017, page- 5 and were kind enough to include me on the documentation. Thanks to Jeff McCoy for advertising and shaming me into investing in my first $40 annual Michigan City Harbor parking pass. It was a lot of fun interacting with the many birders who came to see it! Some notes on Wandering Tattler East of the Rockies, Wandering Tattler is listed as an accidental or casual vagrant. From readily found information, there are now at least 9 records east of the Rocky Mountains and possibly as many as 12 and split between spring and fall. Pending Indiana Bird Records Committee acceptance, this record would be the 5th record of Wandering Tattler on the Great Lakes (4 in July/August). There are three records of 40-70 years ago on Lake Erie near Niagara, ON; 2 recent records on Lake Michigan (Illinois, and this pending Indiana record); and a recent record identified as Wandering/Gray-tailed Tattler in Michigan. Being almost entirely a North American breeder, Wandering Tattler might seem to be a bit of an odd and perhaps an unlikely candidate as a vagrant shorebird here.
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